Grand Teton National Park - Quiz
Grand Teton National Park
  • 1. Who are credited with the first substantiated ascent of Grand Teton?
A) Glenn Exum and Paul Petzoldt
B) Nathaniel P. Langford and James Stevenson
C) William O. Owen, Frank Petersen, John Shive, and Franklin Spencer Spalding
D) Albert R. Ellingwood and his group
  • 2. In what year did William O. Owen, Frank Petersen, John Shive, and Franklin Spencer Spalding first ascend Grand Teton?
A) 1923
B) 1931
C) 1898
D) 1872
  • 3. What structure did Nathaniel P. Langford and James Stevenson find during their attempt to summit Grand Teton?
A) Owen-Spalding route
B) The Enclosure
C) Death Canyon
D) Upper Saddle
  • 4. Where is The Enclosure located in relation to the summit of Grand Teton?
A) At the summit itself
B) In Death Canyon
C) About 530 ft below the summit near the Upper Saddle
D) On the northeast ridge
  • 5. What was William O. Owen's role in the controversy over the first ascent of Grand Teton?
A) He was one of the climbers who first climbed Middle and South Teton
B) He discredited claims by Langford and Stevenson after his own successful ascent
C) He claimed to have reached beyond The Enclosure with Langford and Stevenson
D) He founded Exum Mountain Guides
  • 6. Who were the first climbers to ascend both Middle and South Teton?
A) Fritiof Fryxell and others
B) Glenn Exum and Paul Petzoldt
C) A group led by Albert R. Ellingwood
D) William O. Owen, Frank Petersen, John Shive, and Franklin Spencer Spalding
  • 7. On what date were Middle and South Teton first climbed?
A) 1872
B) 1931
C) August 29, 1923
D) August 11, 1898
  • 8. Which climbing route on Grand Teton is known as the Owen-Spalding route?
A) A route explored in Death Canyon
B) A route first climbed by Albert R. Ellingwood
C) The classic climb pioneered by Owen and Spalding
D) The northeast ridge established in 1931
  • 9. What is the Yosemite Decimal System rating for the Owen-Spalding route?
A) 6.5
B) Above 5.9
C) 7.0
D) 5.4
  • 10. Who was known for using gymnastic chalk while climbing in the Tetons?
A) Glenn Exum
B) Albert R. Ellingwood
C) John Gill
D) William O. Owen
  • 11. What did John Gill contribute to rock climbing in the Tetons?
A) He was the first known climber to use gymnastic chalk for better handholds and dry hands
B) He established the Exum Mountain Guides
C) He pioneered the Owen-Spalding route
D) He climbed Mount Moran in 1922
  • 12. By the mid-1990s, how many climbing routes had been documented in Grand Teton National Park?
A) 200 climbing routes
B) 50 climbing routes
C) A dozen climbing routes
D) 800 different climbing routes
  • 13. Which peak was first climbed by Fritiof Fryxell and others in 1930?
A) Middle Teton
B) Grand Teton
C) Mount Owen
D) South Teton
  • 14. Who founded the Exum Mountain Guides in 1931?
A) Nathaniel P. Langford and James Stevenson
B) Albert R. Ellingwood
C) William O. Owen and Franklin Spencer Spalding
D) Glenn Exum and Paul Petzoldt
  • 15. What was established on the northeast ridge of Grand Teton in 1931?
A) The first ascent of Mount Owen
B) The Enclosure
C) A climbing route by Glenn Exum
D) Death Canyon exploration
  • 16. Which peak was climbed by Albert R. Ellingwood's group on August 29, 1923?
A) Grand Teton
B) Mount Owen
C) Mount Moran
D) Middle and South Teton
  • 17. What was the focus of explorers during the last 25 years of the 19th century in the Teton Range?
A) Founding mountain guide companies
B) Establishing climbing routes
C) Claiming first ascents of the peaks
D) Documenting Native American relics
  • 18. What is the greatest controversy in the history of American mountaineering according to the text?
A) The establishment of climbing routes on Mount Moran
B) The exploration of Death Canyon
C) The disagreement over which party first reached the top of Grand Teton
D) The founding of Exum Mountain Guides
  • 19. Who hired John Colter to lead fur trappers and explore the Yellowstone River region?
A) William Clark
B) Jedediah Smith
C) Donald Mackenzie
D) Manuel Lisa
  • 20. What was John Colter's primary purpose in the Jackson Hole region?
A) Profitable fur trapping
B) Map making
C) Agriculture
D) Settlement building
  • 21. Which treaty secured American sovereignty over the North American fur trade region?
A) Jay's Treaty
B) Treaty of Ghent
C) Treaty of Paris
D) The Oregon Treaty in 1846
  • 22. Who led the British North West Company party that entered Jackson Hole from the west?
A) David Edward Jackson
B) William Sublette
C) Donald Mackenzie
D) Manuel Lisa
  • 23. What name did French-speaking trappers give to the Teton Range?
A) Les trois tétons (the three breasts)
B) Grand Tetons
C) Sublette's Peaks
D) Pilot Knobs
  • 24. Which company included Jedediah Smith, William Sublette, and David Edward Jackson?
A) Lewis and Clark Expedition
B) Astorians' Expedition
C) The Rocky Mountain Fur Company
D) British North West Company
  • 25. When did American fur trading companies generally fold due to declining demand for beaver furs?
A) 1826
B) Around 1840
C) 1808
D) 1860
  • 26. Who oversaw the Rocky Mountain Fur Company's trapping operations in the Teton region between 1826 and 1830?
A) Manuel Lisa
B) Donald Mackenzie
C) David Edward Jackson or 'Davey Jackson'
D) William Clark
  • 27. What was the original name given by earlier parties to the most prominent peaks of the Teton Range?
A) Grand Tetons
B) Sublette's Peaks
C) The Pilot Knobs
D) Les trois tétons
  • 28. In which U.S. state is Grand Teton National Park located?
A) Northwestern Wyoming
B) Eastern Idaho
C) Northern Utah
D) Southwestern Montana
  • 29. Approximately how many acres does Grand Teton National Park cover?
A) 200,000 acres
B) 310,000 acres
C) 400,000 acres
D) 500,000 acres
  • 30. What is the length of the Teton Range within Grand Teton National Park?
A) 60 miles long
B) 30 miles long
C) 50 miles long
D) 40 miles long
  • 31. Which national park is located 10 miles north of Grand Teton National Park?
A) Yosemite National Park
B) Yellowstone National Park
C) Glacier National Park
D) Rocky Mountain National Park
  • 32. How far back does human history in the Grand Teton region date?
A) At least 11,000 years
B) 15,000 years
C) 20,000 years
D) 5,000 years
  • 33. Which indigenous people did the first European colonizers encounter in the early 19th century?
A) Apache people
B) Navajo people
C) Sioux people
D) Eastern Shoshone people
  • 34. When was Grand Teton National Park officially established?
A) 1916
B) 1950
C) 1929
D) 1943
  • 35. What is the height of Grand Teton, the tallest mountain in the range?
A) 12,000 feet
B) 13,775 feet
C) 14,500 feet
D) 11,500 feet
  • 36. How much does Grand Teton rise above Jackson Hole?
A) 5,000 feet
B) 8,000 feet
C) More than 7,000 feet
D) 6,500 feet
  • 37. What is the length of Jackson Lake?
A) 20 miles long
B) 25 miles long
C) 10 miles long
D) 15 miles long
  • 38. How many small glaciers persist in Grand Teton National Park?
A) Twenty
B) None
C) Fifty
D) A dozen
  • 39. What is the age of some rocks found in Grand Teton National Park?
A) Nearly 2.7 billion years
B) 500 million years
C) 1 billion years
D) 3 billion years
  • 40. How many species of vascular plants are found in the park?
A) 200
B) More than 1,000
C) 500
D) 800
  • 41. What type of trout is Grand Teton known for fishing?
A) Brook trout
B) Rainbow trout
C) Brown trout
D) Snake River fine-spotted cutthroat trout
  • 42. What is one of the primary recreational activities at Grand Teton National Park?
A) Snowboarding
B) Mountaineering
C) Surfing
D) Skiing
  • 43. What type of tools associated with the Clovis culture have been found in Grand Teton National Park?
A) Wooden spears
B) Bone needles
C) Stone axes
D) Obsidian spear points
  • 44. Where was the Wind River Indian Reservation established in relation to Jackson Hole?
A) West of Yellowstone
B) 100 mi (160 km) southeast
C) Adjacent to Grand Teton National Park
D) Directly north
  • 45. Who selected the land for the Wind River Indian Reservation?
A) Colonel Fremont
B) President Abraham Lincoln
C) Chief Washakie
D) General Custer
  • 46. Which mountain man guided the 1859–60 Raynolds Expedition?
A) Jim Bridger
B) John D. Rockefeller Jr.
C) Horace Albright
D) William Henry Jackson
  • 47. Who led the well-funded Hayden Geological Survey of 1871?
A) James Stevenson
B) Jim Bridger
C) F. V. Hayden
D) William F. Raynolds
  • 48. When was Menor's Ferry built near present-day Moose, Wyoming?
A) 1892
B) 1911
C) 1884
D) 1907
  • 49. Which U.S. President signed the executive order establishing Grand Teton National Park?
A) Harry S. Truman
B) Calvin Coolidge
C) Franklin Roosevelt
D) Theodore Roosevelt
  • 50. When was the Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve dedicated?
A) November 2007
B) June 21, 2008
C) February 26, 1929
D) 1943
  • 51. Which act did President Franklin Roosevelt use to establish Jackson Hole National Monument?
A) Antiquities Act
B) Conservation Act
C) National Park Service Act
D) Reclamation Act
  • 52. Who was the Secretary of the Interior that advised President Roosevelt on using the Antiquities Act?
A) Horace Albright
B) Franklin Roosevelt
C) Harold L. Ickes
D) Calvin Coolidge
  • 53. Which year saw the combination of Jackson Hole National Monument and Grand Teton National Park?
A) 1950
B) 1929
C) 1943
D) 1972
  • 54. Which of the following is NOT a service provided by concession contracts in Grand Teton National Park?
A) Dude ranching
B) Skiing lessons
C) Lodging
D) Mountaineering guides
  • 55. How many seasonal employees does Grand Teton National Park have on average?
A) 100
B) 200
C) 180
D) 150
  • 56. Which of the following is a restriction for pilots at Jackson Hole Airport?
A) No restrictions on night flights
B) Overnight parking restrictions
C) Night flight curfews
D) Mandatory helicopter landings
  • 57. As of 2010, how many privately owned property inholdings were located within Grand Teton National Park?
A) 110
B) 75
C) 200
D) 50
  • 58. What was the goal for raising funds to acquire private inholdings by 2016?
A) $15 million
B) $5 million
C) $10 million
D) $20 million
  • 59. Which parcel was purchased and transferred to Grand Teton National Park in December 2016?
A) Granite Canyon Parcel
B) Antelope Flats Parcel
C) Moulton Ranch Cabins
D) Kelly Parcel
  • 60. How much was the purchase price for the Antelope Flats Parcel?
A) $46 million
B) $10 million
C) $30 million
D) $23 million
  • 61. When was Moulton Ranch Cabins sold to the Grand Teton National Park Foundation?
A) 2020
B) 2018
C) 2016
D) 2024
  • 62. In what year did the National Park Service acquire a 35-acre parcel near Granite Canyon Entrance Station?
A) 2020
B) 2016
C) 2024
D) 2018
  • 63. What is located at the mouth of the Gros Ventre River Valley related to Grand Teton National Park?
A) The Kelly Parcel
B) Moulton Ranch Cabins
C) Granite Canyon Parcel
D) Antelope Flats Parcel
  • 64. Who covered the higher sale price demanded by Wyoming legislators for the Kelly Parcel?
A) Charitable organizations
B) Private donors
C) The state of Wyoming
D) The National Park Service
  • 65. Which wilderness lies along the western boundary of Grand Teton National Park?
A) National Elk Refuge
B) Jedediah Smith Wilderness
C) Gros Ventre Wilderness
D) Teton Wilderness
  • 66. What geological process led to the formation of kettles in Jackson Hole?
A) Kettles were formed when ice under gravel outwash from ice sheets melted as glaciers retreated.
B) Kettles are a result of erosion by the Snake River.
C) The kettles formed due to sedimentary layering.
D) They were created by volcanic activity beneath the valley.
  • 67. Which lake is located at an elevation of 9,035 ft (2,754 m)?
A) Emma Matilda Lake
B) Lake Solitude
C) Two Ocean Lake
D) Jackson Lake
  • 68. Which waterfall in the park is noted for being easily accessible?
A) Hidden Falls
B) Buffalo Fork Falls
C) Cascade Falls
D) Teton Falls
  • 69. Which river is a major tributary that flows into the Snake River near Moran?
A) Pacific Creek
B) Buffalo Fork
C) Jackson River
D) Gros Ventre River
  • 70. Which lake is ice-clogged for much of the year?
A) Jackson Lake
B) Phelps Lake
C) Icefloe Lake
D) Leigh Lake
  • 71. Which period of glaciation ended roughly 15,000 years ago?
A) Little Ice Age
B) Bull Lake glaciation
C) Buffalo Glaciation
D) Pinedale glaciation
  • 72. What global event is the heavy glaciation of the Teton Range associated with?
A) Pleistocene epoch
B) Quaternary glaciation
C) Cenozoic era
D) Holocene epoch
  • 73. What type of valleys were formed by glacial activity in the Teton Range?
A) Oval-shaped valleys
B) Circular valleys
C) V-shaped valleys
D) U-shaped valleys
  • 74. During which eon were the oldest rocks in Grand Teton National Park formed?
A) Archean Eon
B) Proterozoic Eon
C) Paleozoic Era
D) Mesozoic Era
  • 75. What type of rocks intruded the metamorphic rocks 2,545 million years ago in Grand Teton National Park?
A) Limestone
B) Coal seams
C) Igneous granitic rocks
D) Sedimentary sandstone and shale
  • 76. What type of rocks left dikes visible on the east face of Mount Moran and Middle Teton?
A) Coal seams
B) Diabase rocks
C) Dolomite
D) Limestone
  • 77. Which sedimentary formation continues to cap Mount Moran?
A) Flathead Formation sandstone
B) Amphibolites
C) Pegmatite intrusions
D) Bentonite deposits
  • 78. What geological event occurred just east of Grand Teton National Park in 1925?
A) Formation of Teewinot Lake
B) The Gros Ventre landslide
C) Deposition of bentonite
D) A volcanic eruption
  • 79. Which tree is most common on the valley floor of Grand Teton National Park?
A) Whitebark pine
B) Subalpine fir
C) Lodgepole pine
D) Engelmann spruce
  • 80. What is an ecotone in the context of Grand Teton National Park?
A) A type of tree found in the park
B) A zone exclusively for wildlife
C) An area with no plant life
D) Where various ecological niches overlap
  • 81. Which mammal species was reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park before migrating into Grand Teton National Park?
A) Coyote
B) American black bear
C) Grizzly bear
D) Gray wolf
  • 82. How many species of mammals have been recorded in Grand Teton National Park?
A) Fifty
B) Seventy-five
C) Sixty-one
D) Eighty
  • 83. Which bird is the smallest species found in mainland North America and has been sighted in Grand Teton National Park?
A) American wigeon
B) Trumpeter swan
C) Bald eagle
D) Calliope hummingbird
  • 84. What is the largest waterfowl species found in Grand Teton National Park?
A) Trumpeter swan
B) American wigeon
C) Harlequin duck
D) Blue-winged teal
  • 85. Which mammal is the fastest land animal in the western hemisphere found in Grand Teton National Park?
A) Elk
B) Bison
C) Coyote
D) Pronghorn
  • 86. Which amphibian species was introduced to Grand Teton National Park?
A) Northern leopard frog
B) Columbia spotted frog
C) Bullfrog
D) Tiger salamander
  • 87. Which bird of prey is most commonly reported in Grand Teton National Park?
A) Red-tailed hawk
B) Great horned owl
C) Peregrine falcon
D) Osprey
  • 88. Which ungulate tends to stay near waterways and wetlands in Grand Teton National Park?
A) Elk
B) Pronghorn
C) Bison
D) Moose
  • 89. How many species of bats are found in Grand Teton National Park?
A) Eight
B) Six
C) Four
D) Ten
  • 90. Which mammal is known to consume roughly 20,000 kcal/day from Army cutworm moths in Grand Teton National Park?
A) American black bears
B) Bears
C) Coyotes
D) Grizzly bears
  • 91. Which bird is occasionally spotted in Cascade Canyon within Grand Teton National Park?
A) American wigeon
B) Harlequin duck
C) Common merganser
D) Bald eagle
  • 92. Which mammal species are most commonly seen in Grand Teton National Park?
A) Elk
B) Pronghorn
C) Moose
D) Bison
  • 93. What is a common result of lower severity surface fires on Lodgepole Pine?
A) Higher post-wildfire regeneration.
B) Complete destruction of seeds.
C) No impact on seed germination.
D) Decreased species diversity.
  • 94. In which year was the first air quality monitoring station established in Grand Teton National Park?
A) 2005
B) 1999
C) 2002
D) 2011
  • 95. What type of climate does Grand Teton National Park have according to the Köppen climate classification system?
A) Mediterranean climate
B) Arid desert climate
C) Humid continental climate (Dfb)
D) Tropical rainforest climate
  • 96. How many distinct routes lead to the summit of Grand Teton?
A) 50
B) 38
C) 12
D) 24
  • 97. What is required for climbers planning an overnight stay in the backcountry of Grand Teton National Park?
A) No special requirements.
B) A guide from Exum Mountain Guides
C) Voluntary registration only
D) A permit.
  • 98. How many campsites are available at the Lizard Creek campground?
A) 49
B) 350
C) 86
D) 60
  • 99. What type of camping is permitted at Colter Bay near the visitor center during winter?
A) Primitive winter camping
B) Front-country camping
C) Backcountry camping
D) Vehicle camping
  • 100. Where are horses and pack animals permitted in the park?
A) Exclusively in front-country campgrounds
B) On vehicle roadways only
C) Almost all trails, with specific backcountry camping locations
D) Only on paved pathways
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